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Sunday, 10 May 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Amber
Amber often contains remains of insects, crustaceans, spiders, as well as plants.
The genetic material of organisms trapped within the amber is dissolved, so there is no possibility of recreating millennia-old creatures, such as dinosaurs, plainly out of the remnants from amber.
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Amber
Paleontologists used organisms trapped within amber to identify over 1,000 extinct species.
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Moon
The Moon has a residual atmosphere whose pressure is 3×10-15 bar.
Its entire atmosphere weighs only 10 tons.
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Fungi
The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis can take over ants.
Cordyceps species are parasitic fungi that live on animals - insect larvae or spiders - using them a ...
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Large Magellanic Cloud
It is located approximately 163.000 light-years from the Milky Way.
The measurement error from 2013 is 2.2 percent.
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Amber
Baltic amber has been found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs.
Scientists claim amber was supposed to represent the tears of Ra—the Egyptian god of the Sun.
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Graphene
The publication of a groundbreaking experiment on two-dimensional graphene, as well as the description of a surprisingly easy method of obtaining it, triggered a real “graphene gold rush.”
Research has expanded and divided into many different subfields, examining various unique properties of graphene-quantum mechanics, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, magnetic, etc.
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Ganymede
Ganymede has a larger diameter than Mercury and is 5268 km.
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Anorexia Nervosa
The history of anorexia begins with descriptions of religious fasts dating from the Hellenistic era to the medieval period.
Many famous historical figures are believed to have suffered from the disease, including Catherine of Siena, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency was established on July 29th, 1958 by president Dwight Eisenhower.
It was a response to the launch of a Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957.
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17 facts about Titan
17 facts about Titan
The largest of Saturn’s satellites
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with such a dense atmosphere. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede (Jupiter III ...
18 facts about amber
18 facts about amber
Fossilized tree resin
Amber is one of the most interesting natural products. It looks like a gemstone, but it is a fossilized tree resin from ancient trees dating back mill ...
16 facts about liver
16 facts about liver
24/7 laboratory
The liver is one of the most essential human organs. It is extensively multitasking—it produces, filtrates, converts, and stores. It is thanks to the ...
29 facts about NASA
29 facts about NASA
For the Benefit of All
The Cold War, although a grim period in world history, brought an intense rivalry in a space race between the U.S., and the Soviet Union. As a result, ...
16 facts about Aurora
16 facts about Aurora
Northern light that has delighted people for centuries
Auroras can be different. Sometimes it is bright and dancing, shimmering with different colors, sometimes it appears still. It has always fascinated p ...
19 facts about Brain
19 facts about Brain
Organic supercomputer
The brain is one of the most important and most fascinating and complex organs in the human body. It is an incredibly plastic command center that over ...
16 facts about Phobos
16 facts about Phobos
The larger of two moons of Mars
We do not know the exact origin of this satellite. We know, however, that it is dangerously close to its planet and is in for a catastrophe. It is not ...
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